Feeding attachment for clothes wringers



NOV. 17, 1936. E E

- FEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS Filed March 8, 1935 Patented Nov. 17, 1936 UNITED STATES FEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS Charles Elser, Pine Hill, N. J., assignor of onehalf to Albert Gauden, Pine Hill, N. J.

Application March 8, 1935, Serial No. 9,999

7 Claims.

This invention relates to feeding attachments for clothes wringers, and relates more particularly to a device for feeding articles of clothing to the squeeze rolls of a clothes wringer, whereby said articles may be expeditiously fed without danger to the operator of the wringer.

..In the modern types of clothes wringers, the squeeze rolls are usually power driven, as the wringer is customarily part of the washing machine, and means are provided for connecting the operating parts of the wringer to the motor used for operating the washing machine.

In .the use of such power driven wringers, the .'operators hands are frequently caught between the squeeze rolls of the wringer, resulting in serious injury. This ever present danger also seriously interferes with the efficient use of the wringer, by reason of the timidity of the operator, who realizes the danger.

The principal object, therefore, of the present invention is toprovide simple and efiicient means for feeding various articles of clothing to the squeeze rolls of a clothes wringer.

A further object of the invention is to provide :a device of the character aforesaid which may be readily attached to existing wringers and which may be quickly and easily transposed from one face of the wringer to the other as may be required in the use thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character aforesaid which will be equally efficient in handling small or large articles of clothing from which the water is to be squeezed by the rolls of the wringer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter aforesaid which may be used by persons having relatively little skill, and which is so constructed and arranged that the manner of use thereof will be readily apparent.

With the foregoing objects in View, the invention contemplates the provision of a rod having an enlarged and rounded end portion for engagingthe clothes and presenting the same to the rolls of the wringer, the rod being so mounted as to enable the rounded end portion thereof to be brought to the proper position to cause the rolls to grip the clothes and thereafter to pull the same from the feeding rod as the clothes are carried between the rolls.

The nature and characteristic features of the invention will be more readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of a clothes Wringer having a device embodying the main features of the present invention mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of the structure shown in Fig. 1, illustrating more particularly the construction and arrangement of the device;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail view illustrating a preferred manner of mounting the feeding rod in its supporting bracket;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the portion of the structure shown in Fig. 3, the enclosing housing thereof being shown in section; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevational View of the enlarged and rounded end portion of the feeding rod.

It will, of course, be understood that the description and drawing herein contained are illustrative merely, and that various modifications and changes may be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, II] is a clothes wringer of any preferred construction, having the usual rubber covered squeeze rolls I I and I2.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, I3 is a feeding rod, preferably round in cross section, the lower end of which is inturned as at I l, and this inturned portion is provided at its extremity with an enlarged rounded end portion I5, preferably ellipsoidal in shape. The upper end of the rod I3 is provided with an operating handle I6.

The rod I3 is adjustably mounted in a suitably shaped clip II, a portion I8 of which extends around said rod, and the end portions of which extend forwardly to provide pivot lugs I9, for a purpose to be presently set forth. In the portion I 8 of the clip which extends around the rod, there is mounted a set screw 20 for securing the rod in the proper adjusted position. A bolt 2| may extend through the lug portions I9 of the clip, to hold said lugs in proper spaced relationship with respect to each other.

The lug portions I9 of the clip I! are pivotally The bracket member 23 is provided with laterally extending arms 26, and at the end of each of said arms there is provided a clamp 21 for the purpose of securing the device to one face or the other of the wringer, as may be required, depending upon the side of the wringer from which the clothes are to be fed.

The bracket member 23 is also provided with an enclosing housing or cover 28 secured thereto in any suitable manner. This housing 28 has a slot 29 in its upper horizontal wall for the extension of the rod l3 therethrough, and the inner end of said housing serves as a stop to limit the outward movement of the lower end of said rod.

The operation of the device will be readily apparent. When it is desired to feed an article of clothing or the like to the squeeze rolls 1 I and [2 of the wringer, for the purpose of squeezing the water therefrom, a part of said article is merely placed over the enlarged rounded end l5 of the rod 13, whereupon the handle 16 is grasped and pulled in a direction away from the wringer, which causes the article to be carried by the enlarged end of the rod to the front faces of the squeeze rolls of the wringer.

As the squeeze rolls II and i2 are rotated, the surfaces thereof will frictionally engage the articles of clothing and cause the same to be passed between said rolls and drawn off the end of the rod I3. By reason of the peculiar shape and the enlargement of the end of the rod, as at l5, said rod will be prevented from passing between the rolls II and I2 as the articles are drawn therefrom.

The handle I6 is then released by the operator, whereupon the coil spring 25 will cause the lower end of the rod I3 to be retracted from the rolls II and I2, and will permit the articles thereafter to be fed to the rolls by the rotation thereof, without interference from the feeding device.

It will be seen that there is thus provided a simple yet efiicient device for feeding articles to the squeeze rolls of a clothes wringer, which is adapted to be used for handling articles of various size, and in the use of which there is no danger of the operators hands being gripped and caused to pass between the squeeze rolls.

It will also be found that in the use of such a device, the wringing operation may be performed much more expeditiously than where the clothing is fed solely by the hands of the operator, as there will be no timidity on the part of the operator when the device is used.

I claim:

1. A device for feeding articles to the squeeze rolls of a clothes wringer comprising a bracket mounted on a portion of the wringer intermediate the ends of the squeeze rolls, a pivoted member mounted in said bracket, a feed rod carried by said pivoted member, said feed rod having a portion inturned toward the squeeze rolls and being provided with an integral enlarged rounded end portion, the other end portion of the rod being provided with an operating handle, and means operative on said feed rod for retracting the rounded end portion of said feed rod from the squeeze rolls.

2. A device for feeding articles to the squeeze rolls of a clothes wringer comprising a bracket removably mounted in front of and above the squeeze rolls intermediate the ends of the squeeze rolls, a pivoted member mounted in said bracket, an article feed rod carried by said pivoted member, said feed rod having a portion inturned toward the squeeze rolls and being provided with an integral enlarged rounded end portion, the other end portion of the rod being provided with an operating handle, and a spring for retracting the enlarged rounded end portion of said feed rod from the squeeze rolls.

3. A device for feeding articles to the squeeze rolls of a clothes wringer comprising a bracket mounted in front of and above the squeeze rolls intermediate the ends of the squeeze rolls, means for removably securing the bracket to a portion of the wringer, a pivoted member, bearing means for said pivoted member mounted in said bracket, an article feed rod carried by said pivoted member, said feed rod having a portion inturned toward the squeeze rolls and being provided with an integral enlarged rounded end portion, the other end portion of the rod being provided with an operating handle, said rounded end portion being adapted for nonengaging contact with the squeeze rolls, and a spring mounted in the bracket for retracting the enlarged rounded end portion of said feed rod from the squeeze rolls.

4. A device for feeding articles to the squeeze rolls of a clothes wringer comprising a bracket mounted in front of and above the squeeze rolls intermediate the ends of the squeeze rolls, means for removably securing the bracket to a portion of the wringer, a pivoted member mounted in said bracket, a feed rod carried by said pivoted member, said feed rod having an integral enlarged rounded end portion, the other end portion of the rod being provided with an operating handle, said rounded end portion being adapted to be advanced to the squeeze rolls, and resilient means mounted in the bracket for retracting the rounded end portion of said feed rod from the squeeze rolls.

5. In a device for feeding articles to the squeez rolls of a wringer, a frame, a pivotally mounted article feed rod mounted on said frame, said rod having an end portion extending substantially vertically, said end portion being provided with an operating handle, said rod having a portion inclined with respect to said end portion, and

the end of said inclined portion having a portion extending substantially perpendicular thereto and terminating in an enlarged rounded surface.

6. In a device for feeding articles to the squeeze rolls of a wringer, a frame, a pivotally mounted article feed rod mounted on said frame, said rod having an end portion extending substantially vertically, said end portion being provided with an operating handle, said rod having a portion inclined with respect to said end portion and integral therewith, the end of said inclined portion having an integral portion extending substantially perpendicular thereto and terminating in an enlarged rounded surface.

7. In a device for feeding articles to the squeeze rolls of a wringer, a frame, a pivotally mounted article feed rod mounted on said frame, said rod having an end portion extending substantially vertically, said end portion being provided with an operating handle, said rod having a portion inclined with respect to said end portion and integral therewith, the end of said inclined portion having a short integral portion extending substantially perpendicular thereto, and a terminal portion having an enlarged rounded surface and ,7

integral with said perpendicular portion.

CHARLES ELSER. 

